1.14 ADELAIDE
Hawaiian shirts: 1 classic jungle bird
Island Hopper shirts: 2 dark blue tanks and light blue t-shirt
Body Count:
Shirtless: 1
Little Voice: 1
I know what you’re thinking: 3
When I write HTBAWCPI:
Investigator corrections: 1
Magnum injuries:
Higgins musings: 1
4th wall breaks:
Negotiations: 1 – 2 weeks of obeying estate rules in exchange for Higgins answering horse insurance questions.
Famous guest stars:
Magnumometer: 11
Although I think that Ms. Belford overplays the "down-home Iowa girl" a bit, I found this to be an enjoyable episode. However I did think the scenes with TC, Rick and Higgins laughing about Thomas guarding a horse were overdone, even if you buy the conceit that his guarding a horse is silly.
A couple other things bothered me:
1. If Charles Cathcart saved Magnum's life in Vietnam, where are the scars from the surgery?
2. Charles Cathcart's makeup was horrible. The brown tinted pancake is so thick he looks like he's casket-ready.
CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS
Magnum: But there must be something wrong with me, because it's always that perfect moment...when a little voice tells me disaster's about to strike.
Magnum: My only problem was the little voice didn't tell me...the disaster had dark brown hair, wore big glasses and called herself--Adelaide Malone.
Magnum: I know what you're thinking. I should've been suspicious. But I was too teed off at Captain Cathcart. He'd hit a real sore spot, and I wasn't thinking straight. For a private investigator, that's a terrible mistake.
Magnum: I know what you're thinking. I was crazy not to have driven that Jeep...right out of there when I had the chance. But T.C. had flown back to Oahu, and I couldn't have gotten a boat or a commercial flight back until the next morning. Besides, you wouldn't walk out on a girl with sensible shoes and a smile like that. Of course you wouldn't.
Magnum: I know what you're thinking. A classic diversion. I was supposed to follow them, then they could come back for Norman. I know that. The trouble is I didn't have a choice.
Higgins: Magnum, I had no idea you took such a good picture. You're really quite photogenic.
Magnum: Higgins, Adelaide will be back any second, so if you don't mind--
Higgins: Actually, with that overly aggressive mustache of yours, you look a bit like Rhett Butler.